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of the insurrection; the city drives out; on the 19th; the

representatives Baudot and Ysabeau。  It submits again on the 19th of

September。  But so great is the indignation of the citizens; Tallien

and his three colleagues dare not enter before the 16th of October。

(Mortimer…Ternaux; VIII。; 197 and following pages。)



'78' Seventy thousand men were required to reduce Lyons; (Guillon de

Montléon; II。; 226) and sixty thousand men to reduce Toulon。



'79' Archives des Affaires étrangères; vol。  CCCXXIX。  (Letter of

Chépy; political agent; Grenoble; July 26; 1793)。  〃I say it

unhesitatingly; I had rather reduce Lyons than save Valenciennes。〃



'80' Ibid。; vol。  CCCXXIX。  (Letter of Chépy; Grenoble; August 24;

1793): 〃The Piedmontese are masters of Cluse。  A large body of

mountaineers have joined them。  At Annecy the women have cut down the

liberty pole and burnt the archives of the club and commune。  At

Chambéry; the people wanted to do the same; but they forced the sick

in the hospitals to take arms and thus kept them down。〃



'81'  Moniteur; XVIII; 474。  (Report of Billaud…Varennes; October 18;

1793)。  〃The combined efforts of all the powers of Europe have not

compromised liberty and the country so much as the federalist

factions; the assassin the most to be dreaded is the one that lives in

the house。〃



'82' The convention purposely reinstates incendiaries and assassins。

(Moniteur; XVIII。; 483。  Session of Breumaire 28; year II。) : XVII。;

176。  (Session of July 19; 1793)。  Rehabilitation of Bordier and

Jourdain; hung in August; 1789。  Cancelling of the proceedings begun

against the authors of the massacre of Melun (September; 1792) and

release of the accused。   Cf。  Albert Babeau; (I。; 277。)

Rehabilitation; with indemnities distributed in Messidor; year II; to

their relatives。  … 〃Archives des Affaires étrangères;〃 vol。  331。

(Letter of Chépy; Grenoble; Frimaire 8; year II)。  〃The criminal court

and jury of the department have just risen to the height of the

situation; they have acquitted the castle…burners。〃



'83' Mortimer…Ternaux; VIII。; 593。  (Deputation of twenty…four

sections sent from Bordeaux to the Convention; August 30)。  … Buchez

et Roux; XXVIII。; 494。  (Report of the representatives on mission in

Bouches…du…Rh?ne; September 2nd)。  … Ibid。; XXX。; 386。  (Letter of

Rousin; commandant of the revolutionary army at Lyons。  〃A population

of one hundred twenty thousand souls。  。  。  。  。  There are not

amongst all these; one thousand five hundred patriots; even one

thousand five hundred persons that one could spare。  … Guillon de

Montléon; I。; 355; 374。  (Signatures of twenty thousand Lyonnese of

all classes; August 17th)。



'84' Guillon de Montléon; I。; 394。  (Letter of Dubois…Crancé to the

Lyonnese; August 19th。)



'85' Mortimer…Ternaux; VIII。; 198。  (Decree of Aug。  6。) … Buchez et

Roux; XXVIII。  297; (Decree of July 12。)。  … Guillon de Montléon; I。;

342。  Summons of Dubois…Crancé; Aug。  8。)



'86' Meillan; 142。)。  … 〃Archives des Affaires Etrangéres;〃 vol。

CCCXXXII。  (Letter of Desgranges; Bordeaux; Brumaire 8; year II。):

〃The execution of Mayor Saige; who was much loved by the people for

his benefactions; caused much sorrow: but no guilty murmur was heard。〃



'87' Archives Nationales; AF。  II。; 46。  (Letter of Julien to the

Committee of Public Safety Messidor 11; year II)。  〃Some time ago a

solemn silence prevailed at the sessions of the military commission;

the people's response to the death…sentences against conspirators; the

same silence attended them to the scaffold; the whole commune seemed

to sob in secret at their fate。〃



'88' Berryat Saint…Prix; 〃La Justice Révolutionaire;〃 pp。  277…299。  …

Archives Nationales; AF。  II。; 46。  (Registers of the Com。  Of

Surveillance; Bordeaux)。  The number of prisoners between Prairial 21

and 28; varies from 1504 to 1529。  Number of the guillotined; 882。

(Memoirs of Sénart)。



'89' Archives Nationales; AF。  II。; 46。  Letter of Julien; Messidor

12; year II。  〃A good deal has been stolen here; the mayor; now in

prison; is informed of considerable losses。  The former Committee of

surveillance came under serious suspicion; many people who were

outlawed only escaped by paying: it is a fact that 。  。  。  Of a

number of those who have thus purchased their lives there are some who

did not deserve to die and who; nevertheless; were threatened with

death。〃 … Buchez et Roux; XXXII。; 428。  (Extracts from the Memoirs of

Sénart)。  〃The president of the military commission was a man named

Lacombe; already banished from the city on account of a judgment

against him for robbery。  The other individuals employed by Tallien

comprised a lot of valets; bankrupts and sharpers。〃



'90' Buchez et Roux; XXVIII。; 493。  (Speech by Danton; August 31; and

decree in conformity therewith by the Convention)。



'91' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 17。  〃Thousands of traders in Marseilles and

Bordeaux; here the respectable Gradis and there the Tarteron; have

been assassinated and their goods sold。  I have seen the thirty…second

list only of the Marseilles emigres; whose property has been

confiscated。  。  。  。  There are twelve thousand of them and the lists

are not yet complete。〃 (Feb。  1; 1794。) … Anne Plumptre。2A Narrative

of Three years' Residence in France; from 1802 to 1805。〃 〃During this

period the streets of Marseilles were almost those of a deserted town。

One could go from one end of the town to the other without meeting any

one he could call an inhabitant。  The great terrorists; of whom

scarcely one was a Marseillaise; the soldiers and roughs as they

called themselves; were almost the only persons encountered。〃 The

latter; to the number of fifty or sixty; in jackets with leather

straps; fell upon all whom they did not like; and especially on

anybody with a clean shirt and white cravat。  Many persons on the

〃Cours〃 were thus whipped to death。  No women went out…doors without a

basked; while every man wore a jacket; without which they were taken

for aristocrats。  (II。; 94。)



'92' 〃Mémoires de Fréron。〃 (Collection Barrière and Berville)。

Letters of Fréron to Moise Bayle; Brumaire 23; Pluviose 5 and 11;

Novose 16; II; published by Moise Bayle; also details furnished by

Huard; pp。  350…365。  … Archives Nationales; AF。  II。; 144。  (Order of

representatives Fréron; Barras; Salicetti and Richard; Novose 17; year

II。)



'93' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 17。  … Guillon de Montléon; II。; 259。



'94' Ibid。; II。; 281。  (Decree of the Convention; Oct。  12); II。  312。

(Orders of Couthon and his colleagues; Oct。  25); II。; 366…372

(Instructions of the temporary commission; Brumaire 26)。



'95' Ibid。  III。; 153…156。  Letter of Laporte to Couthon; April 13;

1794。



'96' The contemporary French Encyclopedia 〃QUID〃 ed。  Lafont; 1996

states on page 755 that according to Louis Marie Prudhomme there were

31 000 victims at Lyons。  (SR。)



'97' Ibid。  II。  135…137。  (Resolutions of the Revolutionary

Commission; Germinal 17。) and Letters of Cadillot to Robespierre;

Floréal; year II)。  III。; 63。



'98' Guillon de Montléon; II。; 399。  (Letter of Perrotin; member of

the temporary commission to the revolutionary committee of Moulin。)

〃The work before the new commission may be considered as an

Organization of the Septembrisade; the process will be the same but

legalized by an act passed。〃



'99' Buchez et Roux; XXIX。; 192。  (Decree of October 12)。



'100' Ibid。; XXX。; 457。  (Decree of November 23)。



'101' 〃Mémoires de Fréron。〃 (Letter of Fréron; Nivose 6)。  … Guillon

de Montléon; II。; 391。



'102' Decrees of October 12 and December 24。  … Archives Nationales;

AF。  II。; 44。  The representatives on mission wanted to do the same

thing with Marseilles。  (Orders of Fréron; Barras; Salicetti; and

Ricard; Niv?se 17; year II。) 〃The name of Marseilles; still borne by

this criminal city; shall be changed。  The National Convention shall

be requested to give it another name。  Meanwhile it shall remain

nameless and be thus known。〃 In effect; in several subsequent

documents; Marseilles is called the nameless commune。



'103' Buchez et Roux; XXVIII。; 204。  (Session of June 24: 〃Strong

expressions of dissent are heard on the right。〃 Legendre; 〃I demand

that the first rebel; the first man there (pointing to the 〃Right〃

party) who interrupts the speaker; be sent to the Abbaye。〃 Couhey;

indeed; was sent to the Abbaye for applauding a Federalist speech。  …

Cf。  on these three months。  … Mortimer…Ternaux; vol。  VIII。



'104' Buchez et Roux; XXIX。; 175。  … Dauban: 〃La Démagogie à Paris en

1793;〃 436 (Narrative by Dulaure; an eye…witness)。



'105' There were really only twenty…two brought before the

revolutionary tribunal。



'106' Dauban; XXVI。; p。  440。  (Narrative of Blanqui; one of the

seventy…three。)



'107' Buchez et Roux。  XXIX。; 178; 179。  Osselin: 〃I demand the decree

of accusation against them all。〃 … Amar: 〃The apparently negative

conduct of the minority of the Convention since the 2nd of June; was a

new plot devised by Barbaroux。〃 Robespierre: 〃If there are other

criminals among those you have placed under arrest the Committee of

General Security will present to you the nomenclature of them and you

will always be at liberty to strike。〃



'108' Ibid。; XXIX。; 432; 437; 447。  … Report by Amar。  (this report

served as the bill of indictment against them; 〃cowardly satellites of

royal despotism; vile agents of foreign tyrants。〃 … Wallon; II。; 407;

409。  (Letter of Fouquier…Tinville to the convention)。  〃After the

special debates; will not each of the accused demand a general

prosecution? The trial; accordingly; will be interminable。  Besides;

one may ask why should there be witnesses? The convention; all France;

accuses those on trial。  The evidence of their crimes is plain;

everybody is convinced of their guilt。  。  。  。  It is the 
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